tit for tat

Etymology 1
From. Compare earlier, from + ; compare also dialectal. Origin uncertain; conjectured to be ultimately from or. The vowel sequence follows a typical ablaut reduplication pattern.

Noun

 * 1)  Equivalent retribution; an act of returning exactly what one gets; an eye for an eye.

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: واحده بواحده
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: oko za oko
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: repago, okulon pro okulo
 * Finnish: silmä silmästä, potut pottuina, samalla mitalla
 * French:, ,
 * Galician: ollo por ollo
 * Georgian: თვალი თვალის წილ, კბილი კბილის წილ
 * German: wie du mir, so ich dir;
 * Hebrew: מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה
 * Hindi: जैसे को तैसा
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian: occhio per occhio, dente per dente, occhio per occhio, pan per focaccia
 * Japanese: 竹箆返し
 * Korean:
 * Latvian: dots pret dotu
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: мило за драго
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian: like for like
 * Persian: این به اون در
 * Polish:, , coś za coś
 * Romanian: ochi pentru ochi, așa cum faci așa ți se face, după faptă și răsplată
 * Russian: о́ко за о́ко
 * Serbo-Croatian: milo za drago
 * Spanish: ojo por ojo
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Vietnamese: ăn miếng trả miếng

Etymology 2


Tit for tat is a rhyme for.

Noun

 * 1)  A hat.